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VOLUME 14.ORLEANS. INDEPENDENT STANDAED.NUMBEE 41.1 1i !1. 1Orleans Independent StandardA. A. EAKLE, Editor.Barton, Tuesdayt Oct. 12, 1869.TERMS:Term of the Standard $2,00 in advance ando paper discontinued until all arrearage arepaid except at the option of the publisher.Rate ol Advertising:One column, one year. 88-5,00Hal column, 6.One fourth column, 30,00One tqaare 12 lines , or loss one year , 8,00One square three weeks, 1,50Legal notices at 15 centsper line,The Great Flood.The damage caiwd hy the almost incesnant rains of Sunday, Monday nnd Tuesday, wan the worst ever experienced in either Vermont r New 1 runipuliire ; beyondthin dixtrirt we have not yet heard. Therecollection of the oldest inhabitant canrevert to nothing like it. In wholesale deHtruction of railroads, bridges, &e., it exceeded all it predecessors. Travel by carstho past week lias been almost totally suspended. We had no mail from the southfrom Saturday night to the following Friday night, when we received the St. Johnsbury and Lyndon paper, containing fromtwo t five columns each of accounts ofthe flood, and also the Boston Journal ofMonday, which being printed before theflood, said nothing of it. We have heardof no great destruction in this county, andwe are inclined to think our people havebeen more highly favored than those further sont!i of us, though we have not esrajied. Much damage was done at NorthTroy,but what it was and what the amountwe cannot learn. There were two washout on the railroad between North Derbyand Newport one of fifty feet and tendeep, and one 'of 2" feet and the samedepth. Between this village and the Landing there was a washout ff ooO feet, thetrack being carried away into the fieldsThe road m injured in sections its entirelength, and the cost of repairs, includingit bridges, are estimated at ?2",(oo. Wehear flying rumors that Montpelicr is a loner by $100,000 ; that the village was allafloat; that the horses from the stables ofa hotel had to be removed to the hills foraafety. Reports from South Ilurdwick areof the worst kind, but very indefinite.Oraftsbury loses all her bridges with one ortwo exceptions. (Hover is not very badlyused, save in one school district, while Barton is extremely well used, "Crystal Luke"absorbing much of tho falling waters andproving our salvation. Morrisvilleis againin affliction; the bridges all being carriedaway, among them the new one across Lamoille river at that place ; it is but five or! I week since Lamoille county nau aflood on its own account, when great destruction was experienced, and now she hasa repetition of it. In Sutton the highwaysand bridge are damaged not a little, mostof the bridges in town being earned away.It will cost from o00 to $1000 to repairthem. It has damaged private property tono small extent ; among the heaviest loaent are Mr. Aaron Gray, James B. Knox,Hon. J. P. Ingalls, Hosea Garfield, JamesGray and J. S. Whitney. The main streetin Wheelock is washed out to the depth offour or five feet. Stephen Cree's new shopwas damaged about $"J0t, mid Horace I'.raley'a grist mill $1200.We take the following accounts from theLyndon Union, the St. Johnsbury Timesand the Caledonian .LYNPOX.On the I'assumpsic, the two open railroad bridges and the Cahoon coveredbridge, all close together, were swept away,and tho bridge at Lldad Koot's in Kirvit.89 bridges in Lyndon have gone 27 public, 10 private and 2 railroad bridgos. Thedamage to the road has been considerable,though trilling compared to the destructionof bridces. Fences, pumpkins, loirs, driftwood, Ac., are scattered over the meadowsin promiscuous confusion.At Hull's mills tho water broke over therailroad track a little below the line of Caboon's door yard, and cut out a river channel four feet deep and 20 rods long, alongthe liighway and railroad, connecting withthe regular channel just below the mill.A treight train loaded with wood was standing on Hall's side track, just opposite thehouse of Mr. Chose and Sir. Russell. Asthe track washed away this train fell pnrtlvover and broke the current, otherwise bothof these houses would have been undermined. A it is, the channel cut is but a few, feet from their doors. 1$. F. Lincoln, whohas once before had to take the attic in hisnew house, was this time driven completelyout. Last spring the water filled his cellarand came up just to the sills of the house,It was not a supposablc case that it couldreach any higher than the highest, andconsequently but a portion of the furniture was moved out of the first story, untilthe water came bubbling up through thefloor, when there was a rapid moving ofarticles irom hrst to second story. It was' too late however, to take up the carpets,which remained through the flood far below the surface. The water came up nearlyto the top of the lower sash in the first story. Mr. Lincoln's barn, with his year'saupply of hay, was taken from its foundation, carried a quarter of a mile below, middeposited on the I'cnnett meadow. Theroad in front of Mr. Lincoln's house isbadly cut out. Most of the dump at theend of the new bridge leading to Ly.ndonville Is gone, and a part of the new dumpsouth of Lyndonville is non est. B. F.Lincoln &0o. are hsavy losers in lumber.They had at their mill and in the riverabove nearly 1,000,000 feet of logs. Theboom gave way, and let everything downstream. But this loss probably saved thema greater, a the mill and the companyhouses would unquestionably have beencarried away if the boom bad stood. AtLyndonville Henry Hubbard's new housewas underpinned and settled two or threefeet. Joseph Morrison's barn was also tip-Sed part way over, and his family wereriven out of the first story of the house.Palmer's blacksmith shop at the Cornerwas damaged considerably and the carriageshop of Mr. Hoyt came near going oh". Thestream cut under one corner and flowedwith full force through the planing room,carrying oh" machinery, belting, kc..Something stronger than the word "freshet " is necessary to distinguish the character of the recent inundation. We have hadhigh water, overflow, freshet, or whateveryou may cull it, every year, but we neverbefore hist Monday, had a touch of whatNoah experienced in his day. The raincommenced to fall in earnest early Sundaymorning, and continued unabated untilMonday night. Monday niorningthe brookswere overflowing and by noon the streamwhich flows through this village had gotabove high water mark, and reached ithighest point about sundown. The I'assumpsic overflowed its banks Monday morning, but did not reach its highest rise tillatstut 10 o'clock Monday night, at whichtimo the smaller Btrcams had gono downconsiderably. It was not till Monday noonthat any alarm for the safety of propertywas experienced, and even then the Passuinpsic threatened nothing more thanusual in times of high water. But thesmaller streams, at that hour, were higherthan they had ever been known before andwere still rising. Last spring the I'assumpsic Came UD two or thren f,.t l.wrl.r,, I,.,had been known in twenty years, butlast Monday it improved four feet on itshighest mark. Last spring the water justtouched the corner of General Chase's barn,some ten feet higher than the usual surface of the river. On Monday last, thehigh water was four fi ft flhnuA ill ft uillaIn the highway the water has seldom setback more than half way from the Chasebridce to the Backlin pnmpr Knf tn Monday the road was covered from the bridgeto John Bly's house, and Bly's barn was inthe water to th tm f ) ti,u ArrThe damage occasioned bv the flood hasbeen immense. Mrtofihsection liave been built with a slight mar.gin above the highest water mark, and, asa matter of course, are now distributed between thoif old localities, and the Atlanticocean,- ST. JOHKSBUHY,It is difficult to estimate the loss of theMessrs. Fairbanks. Jt is heavy, as a matin the former case they would have had allsummer to recover in. I hey were thisfall driving their works to their utmost capacity. Orders for scales were very pressing, never so much so before, and theywould have been unable, with, all theirforce, to ship all the scales ordered beforenavigation closes. The present season theyhave worked over 600 men, were meltingfifteen tons of iron dailv. and have completed and sent off 800 scales a week. A ithall the energy they can put into the rebuilding and repairing, tney will hardlybe able to fully recover themselves beforewinter closes in. But although the loss isheavy, and the damages severe in loss ofmaterial, machinery and time, there willbe no serious interruption in the scale making business. With such energy and enthusiasm was the repairing of damagescommenced, that at one o'clock Tuesdaythe blacksmiths re-commeneed work, andat half past five the same day all the machinery the west side of the river was running again, a new bridge spanned the river, and in three days connections weremade with the shops the east side of theriver, and the machinery started up in theshops this side.BIKKE.In West Burke the water cut a deepchannel across the street. In East Burkethe new bridge in the village is gone, anda hole twenty feet deep cut out in the upper end ot tho street near the buildings,InA Warnirjff Voice from the Prison 1 a boy again; I see home as plainly asO I 1 . - i i 1 .1.fjglj, ever, a una lamer, a uear mumer, umbers ana sisters, all rise betore me, not omyCharles Orme. recently executed for mur- once, they are always with me now. fcvender at Stroudsburg, Pa., attributed all his sleep I see them; pleasant thoughts,sufferings and crimes to the use of intoxi- 7u say. O, God, if I only could get rideating liquors. Prior to his execution heThe Greatest Miracle of All.THE LIFE OF JESU9 : ANIMAL MAGNETISMAND MIRACLES.No man ever had so many biographers aster of course, not less than $50,000, Jwould have been very much less had it occurred in the Rpiing instead of the fall, unises were cleared out in the first storv.the boom was carried awav and the peoplealarmed generally. A bridge near White'sschool house above Kast Burke, is gone,and the one below Bugby's hotel near theWalter mill.NEWARK.The floom in Beni. Allard's mill wascarried away and with it nearly 20,000 feetof shingles. The long floom and dam atSilly's mill are destroyed.WATER FORD.Iu Waterford a great deal of damagewas done to the roads and bridges. On theroad leading from Lower Waterford tol'assitmjwie there is one place washed outto the depth of twenty-five feet, which cannot lie repaired much short ot one thousand dollars.BARXET ASP PEACH AM.In Barnct and Peaeham the highwaysure badly damaged and bridges gone. Care-lul estimates place the damage to the highways in Barnct alone at $2,000. Tho corncrop on the river was very little of it secured and is either washed away or badlydamaged. On Mondav night the peopleof Barnet were fearful lest Harvey's Pondwhich supplies water for the factory wouldbreak awav and sweep the village, andmany of them sat up all night. It didbreak away during the night but fortunately did very little damage. Tho frame of amill, raised last week by Mr. Norris atNorrisville w:; swept awav. A land slideoccurred on the Monroe nide of the river,at least half an acre of earth and trees having slid down into the river.Howell's starch factory in Peaeham wascarried off with 1000 bushels of potatoes,reven bridges are reported to have beenswept away, and the road from Peaehamto Cabot is almost entirelv gone so that anew road will have to be fmilt for most ofthe way.THE AMMOXOOSIC RIVER.The freshet over in New Hampshireseems to have been fully as disastrous as inVermont. The Ammonoosuc has the nameof being "wild," and itwastrueto its nameMondav. From a gentleman who camefrom Carol, N. 11., Mondav afternoon, wea in the following particulars: About themiddle of the afternoon the dam of JohnT. l.ieavitt, in Carol, was washed out, withconsiderable timlier. Xhis accumulationof water, timber and flood wood swept downthe stream a mile and a half to l.ounsevel& Colbum's mill, carrying away their boomwith about forty feet of the dam, and nearly fcOO,000 feet ot unsawed lumber, rassingalone down two and a half miles to themill of Burbank & Church, it took off theirmill entire, with machinery and all therewas in it ; also a bridge just below the mill.The next dams were in Bethlehem ; JohnPierce s dam and canal were considerablydamaged, and Ira Richardson's dam carried on entire.A SAD CALAMITY.We learn that J. M. Thompson of theGlen House, White Mountains, and hiscook, Major lluckins, were both drownedby the freshet on Monday. They went intoMr. Thompson's mill to remove some machinery, when the mill was swept ott" andboth were drowned. These men are wellknown to all who have visited the GlenHouse, and both leave families Mr.Thompson leaving a wife and three sons,and two daughters. Major Huckins wasformerly cook at the Parker House, Boston. There are a thousand stories afloat concerning the amount of damage done in different places, many of which are fabulous1.We have endeavored to give only thosewhich we have good reason to believe arctrue. Among the reports is one to the effect that the grist mill at Lisbon, X. H..was carried off with $25,000 worth of woolbelonging to James Hale. Also that thereare 20 bridges gone on the Central railroadbetween St. Albans and White River Junction. Also that the bridge at Montpelieris destroyed.Since the above was in type our southernmail has arrived, from which we learn thatthe flood was far worse in the southernpart of the state than here, and it extended into Massachusetts and New York. Wehave not time to insert but little more. InBrattleboro, we learn from an extra of theRecord and Farmer, that the damages tothat town and vicinity are fully $300,000terrible to contemplate ! while three orfour lives were lost, two women, a man anda child certain. The Record says, amongother details :"Almost every resident of Brattleboro isto a greater or less extent a sufferer by thiswatery scourge which has passed us by, andlett us thousands of dollars poorer than wewere on Sunday last. The damage to theroads and bridges which the town will belged to rebuild, and repair, and themoney for which will be necessarily raisedy taxes, cannot lull short ot -iO,UUU."This is what the town loses as a corporate body, the rest of the vast sum is sharedby private citizens, in sums large and small.One firm loses $15,000. Esty & Co., the me-odeon makers lose 100,000 feet of lumber.PLAIXFIELD.The town of Plainfield suffered terribly,'oncoming ravages of the flood here,we take the following from the Watchmanand State Journal :Monday morning it was apparent thatmuch damage was being done to the high-wavs. At one ociocK p. m. the Lfreat'.rook had swollen so that it was with difficulty that the dam of Channing Hazeltinewas saved, as well as the bridge below.Word then came that nearly every bridgebetween Plainfield village and Pcrkiusvillehad been carried away, and the road nearlydestroyed. This news was very soon verified by the long pieces of timber, and pilesof plank then came floating down stream.Our attention was next turned to theWinorwlfi river which was ranidlv risinsr.Soon the saw mill of Willis Lane began totremble and fall. 1 hen the brick grist millcommenced to crackle, and about dark thegrist mill and saw mill fell with a terriblerash. But the work ot ruin did not stophere ; the water was running three feet deepthrough and under the shops, and it was apparent that they too must fall. The buildings were cleared immediately. Soon aloud crash came, and two more buildingsloll. The waters immediately closed overtho scene, and ten minutes after not a timber of any mill was to be seen.The waters next pressed against theshops of Mark M. Tage with such forcethat they were swept out ot sight in an instant, the dwelling houses next stood indaDger, and several were cleared of theircontents. It was thought at one time thatMr. Lane's house and barn would be sweptaway, but fortunately were left. A barnand part ot the house ot 14. la nor werecarried off. Darkness closed over the scene,and spectators could do little but watch,the rairins elements. It was terrible to behold. The loss to Mr. Lane is nearly orquite $7,000, and to the village alone certainly 520,000, and to the town ana to otner individuals $10,000 more.The little village of Quechee in Windsorcounty, is a great sufferer. The factory ofJ. C. Farker & Co., is a complete wrecksays the Woodstock Standard, and thecompany lose at least $25,000. Daniel I.Cusbing lost nine acres of corn, some 20ton of hay, about 75 bushels of beans andnearly all his roots. His loss is quite large.Peter Morin lort 34 head of superior longwool sheep which he had reared with thegreatest oare. These are the largest hisses.There are scores of smaller ones. Thajossto the Windsor Manufacturing Co,,Windior, is $20,000. The loss to the WwdsiA'k EaiUoad is j.lwed t ?10,00l,oi them, 1 think 1 could dwell on any otn- jesm, Christ Notwithstanding a strongsent the following letter to the Philadel- ers with some degree of comfort, to what I religious prejudice against any other thanphia Inquirer, with a request that it be nw feel ; yes, even on the shameful death the gospel record, every season brings new..... t ' i j t . it. r i a. .. . -published: am conaemnea w aie; anyming, uut compilations of the lite ot tne Redeemer,':STROCDSBCRa Jail. I write this in what I have lost; lost through drink. I Foes and friends are alike compelled to lethe hope that it may be the means of ar- Give an ear to this advice ; it is the ad-1 gort to the same sources for the materialsresting the attention, and saving Borne Vlce or a dyug man dying in nis eany cf their story. Four gospels are the inex-young man from the path that leads to manhood, through the accursed cup, that haustible fountains of all these streams,death and hell blights and ruins in this Twteth like a serpent.' Think of your Isaac digged again the wells of waterworld and fixes destiny in the next, amidst friends now, lest the time come when the which the Philistines had stopped after thethe darkness of eternal night ; for the sa- thought of them will be worse than a scor- death of Abraham. Christian writers wouldcred volume declares, 'No drunkard shall P10n 8 stlng- Oh I if you seeanyone tread- nave to do a similar office for the gospels,inherit the kingdom of God.' Oh ! that I lnK the downward path that leads to death if they were not altogether too deep to becould portray the horrors springing from and hell, speak kindly to him; you know stopped by an unbelieving criticism of athe first glass, you would shun it as you not the power of a kind word. I do not hundred hostile biographers of Christ. Iswould the road in which death in its most forget one who has spoken kindly to me it not strange that skeptics should becomehideous form was lurking ; would to God slnce 1 nave oeen here ; how heartily i j such admirers of the meek and lowly JeI had died before I knew the love or pas- tninlc of them ; a kind word first led me to 8Ug that they cannot refrain from makingsion strong drink can bring to its poor, de- noPe tnat tle who hates sin might yet he His matchless life another volume? Whenluded victims, for then I would have had merciful to the sinner. I know you all Dumas writes an enthusiastic cookery bookkind friends to weep and think kindly of hate the crime that brought me here; but we know that it is in his heart. Whenme, as in solemn silence thev gazed into when vou saw 1 had none 10 8Peak klndly Kenan writes a sentimental biography ofmy tomb; but now my earnest praver to though hating my great sin, you pitied me, Jesus, do we know as much?God is, that no one who ever knew me may a r" wretched sinner, and showed me Strauss rejected the supernatural in thetnat mercy, divine mercy, could even rcacn gospels as simply impossible and absurd.one so vile. Renan knew that in this. Strauss simnlT" Oh ! young men of Stroudsburg most begged the question, and therefore he ridsof you have seen me, most of you have himself of the miraculous by declaring itspoken kindly to me, and have acted as I unhistorical, and therefore utterly impracwell as sjioken. Ihe offer of a book orever hear anything about me. May Godin his mercy grant that no more innocentpeople may suffer on my account."Oh, young man, by all you hold dear,shun the cup, the fatal cup if not for yourown sake, in God's name, shun it for thesake of those you hold so near and dear.iou may think you are able to take adrink and leave it alone when you wish ;let me entreat you don't try the experiment, for when it gets hold it rarely everlets go. It not only destroys you. butfriends must suffer also. It may bring agrave; make an old man of a kind, goodfather before his time not to mentionbrothers and sisters, who must share thesorrow. These things arc of daily occurrencc; and this is not the worst, for it hasincited the mother to murder her innocentbabe, the husband to imbrue his hands inthe blood of his wife, for whom he wouldhave willingly laid down his own life.Pause ! think well before you touch thecup! Remember, you not only ventureyour own prospects and happiness, but allyou hold sacred is involved. Don't say, Ican take a drink and leave it off; theclianees are against you; and even if they arcnot, is it right? is it honorable to risk thehappiness of others to gratify your own evilappetite? Would to God that one year agoI could have seen strong drink as it reallyis, stripped of all the ornaments thrownover it by those engaged in the traffic ;could have seen it as a sure and swift roadthat was to lead to my present unhappycondition in a felon' cell, with the prospect of a shameful death. Is it surprisingthat I would try to save others from thesame fate? I know that I have neither thetalent nor the education to plead the causeapaper may be little to you, but to me itwas a great kindness. Oh ! do me a greater kindness still take my advice kindly ;it comes from a criminal, it is true, but mywhole heart goes with it ; it ought to bemore effective because coming from onewho has run the course and has experienced its terrible results. I might tell youmore of what I have seen whiskey bring toits dupes, but my article would be too long.I close giving you the advice a good mother gave me : Iveep out of bad company,iind don't drink. Don't let this pass unheeded, as I did. You see what it hasbrought me to. God keep all that readthis in the right path, is the prayer of onewho, for the sake of loved ones, prefers totign himself, Charles Orme."Kyeuate. Our sketch of the early settlement of Rvegate last week was correctso far as it went, but we have since learnedmore of the particulars of the settlement,that the reader will find interesting. Thecompany of Scotchmen who had determined to emigrate to America was not verylarge, but with the characteristic prudenceof the race they formed an association anddrew up a code of laws or regulations forthe distribution of companv property andthe general regulation of them all. Thecompany was lormed in 1 2, David Allenana .lames vt hitelaw being chosen asagents to go to America and buy landMarch o, 7o, they took passage on thebrig "Mattie," arriving in Philadelphiathe 24th of May following. In the summer of '73 they explored the back part ofme provinces oi ew lort. rennsvivania.of temperance, but I can tell what the use Maryland, Virgtniaand North Carolina.of intoxicating drinks has brought me to. They then fell in with Dr. WitherspoonofCan I do less, under the circumstances,than give a word of advice to some thoughtless ones ? Praying (if so great a sinner asI may pray) that God may bless it, andmake iu truthfulness do what hearingcould not, be the means of saving somefrom a drunkard's end.'For one short moment let your fancycarry you to this cell. You will see mewrite this with my hands ironed ; irons areon my limbs and I am chained to the floor,Do you ask what brought me here ? I mustsav, whiskey. Is it strange in me to lift awarning voice against that which has doneme so much harm? Thank God, I haveNew Jersey, an old Scotch Presbyterianand rather taking in his wavs. who soldthem an undivided half of the township ofKvepate, as mentioned last week. Havingsurveyed the town, and by lot, drawn thesouth halt as the separate property of thecompany, then went to work and surveyedit on in lots of from 10 to 00 acres each,Jesigning to make every lot equal in value.There were two or three lots of 150 or 200acres, but these were in an undesirablepart of the town, and, lacking in quality.were made equal to the others by quantity.hen the survey was completed, the townhad been divided into 400 lots, with 24acres reserved for a school lot and 3W) acresbelow Tickle-nicked pond, reserved for amill privilege. Oen. hitelaw and hisfriends evidently had some high notions.ticable in the work ot a true biography.This is criticism nith a vengeance. Scientific men are rejoicing in the wonderfuldiscoveries made.n regard to the constitution of the sua'and stars. Just imaginethem to have begun the study of the solarspectrum with this principle unalterablydetermined, namely, that no lines shouldbe recognized as having any meaning orauthority tTiat were not to be found in thespectrum of a farthing candle. This is theway in which men of genius in Germanyand France have studied the sun of Righteousness, and have given us poor, ignorantbelievers the benefit of their studies inwhat they call "Lives of Christ,'Burglars mast blow up the safe beforethey can secure the treasure. So hostilebiographers feel they must shatter the gospels before thty can destroy the divine element and influence in the life of Jesus.What can exceed the coolness with whichthey apply their powder to the emptyholes drilled with a bit of imagination !The last bold genius in this line, writingthe "Jesus of History," says :The first gospel may be assured to represent the traditions, etc. The secondwould be founded almost exclusively uponthe first ; and the third would be derivedpartly from the first two gospels, and partly from other sources of information, etc."The fourth is dismissed altogether bythis erudite biographer, though Renanhimself was nore condescending than thisin his treatment of the aged and belovedJohn.Now is not this a beautiful specimen ofthe wisdom of this world ? Matthew "maybe assumed;" Mark "would be founded,"and then again perhaps he would not ; Lukehowever, if agreeable, "would be derived"from things in particular and general,while John is altogether too decided anddeep for any attempt at manipulation. Sothe biographer discourses, and in so doingreminds us of the feelings of those Arabswhom Davis overheard when he was making his excavations in the neighborhood ofancient Carthage. Their subject was theharvest. "This is December," said one ofthese humble followers of the Prophet;""then comes April and then January."Davis, anxious to enlighten his assistants,William Ewart Gladstone.A London weekly paper sketches theMan of the Hour in these words :There is a portrait which from the shopwindows stares you in the face in the midstof very ordinary-looking royal highnesses,serene dukes, and eminent preachers, andelicits from the town man to his countrycousin the words, " There's Gladstone."It is a heavy, gloomy face, -rocky, massive, and seamed with age, weariness andfeeling. The faults of photography arejust those which exaggerate the prominentcharacteristics of this dark face ; but at itsworst aspect these carte de visile, as suchportraits are foolishly called, no sane man,no gentleman, ever having used one for avisiting card, will reproduce its leadingfeatures at its most unfavorable aspect. Asyou look into it you say ; " Ah, and so thatman has achieved his highest ambition ; heis de facto a constitutional king, much morepowerful than President Grant of America,over a sixth part of the globe, eight millions six hundred thousand square miles ofterritory ; and what he does, think or says,can materially affect the well-being ofnearly two hundred and fifty millions ofpeople, actually one-fifth part of the humanrace ? He is the chief Minister of the Crownof the most ancient monarchy in Europe,the leader of the most brilliant and eloquent public assembly of the Mother ofParliaments, and of the freest people in theworld ! He started in life as a Liverpoollad, the son of a merchant of that town.He was schoolfellow to Charles Kean, theactor, who fretted his little life away amidpaint and spangles, and now lies dead, agedsixty ; while Gladstone, with his Eton education, his double first at Oxford, his luck,his pluck, his undoubted hard work, is atabout the same age the most popular minister that we have known for years, mostpowerful, too hardly excepting CountBismarck who will pull down the IrishChurch, and in a contest with the Houseof Lords, will beat that historic and augustassembly. And yet he does not look veryhappy. Is it worth while being PrimeMinister, after all ?Some such reflection the face must callScored and scared as it is, we see inSenator Sumner on Annexation.1 . . r r l 3 .1-11 ! i; m i i. 1 l ie men oi h raoiu ana rro?ieraus sTowtnI rt thn r i ! in V ttS L hirom n ruULOL lAn ft 1 til in t h url that thu n-au nnt lh.iAmlut KiitVJ V4-l hW'K MS1 VIUIV fV'.. ,TT1V1I V I Ut.Et utfc via (to AIS fc MSS. V A. til lV I fUVthe General's mind. A country and a cityresidence were thought of at that early day.It was perhaps supposed bv the membersof the company that as they were to makea beginning in the wilderness, in order tokeen one another company, they wouldbuild their houses near together and haveAt all events, theinid off a city of400 lots, with streets, avenues and parks,located at the upper end of Tickle-nickpond, and halt a mile south of what is nowltyegate Corner. This city was recorded,and is now a part of the town records. Theunderstanding originally was that eachmember who took country lots should beentitled to an equal number of lots in thecity. If the city was ever built up no traces of it outside of the town records remains. The farm of Pringle Gibson stretches over a part of this ancient city, and asight of this beautiful farm is worth morethan a visit to half the cities. Union.The Income Tai.earth, separated from me by 'the great waters,' who believe and trust (that whereverI am) I am honest and respected. Godforbid that they should ever be undeceived. . Oh ! is it not hard to pray to God thatyour dear father and mother, brothers andsisters, your early plavmates and friends the farms further back. Amay never hear abou't you, or you from "nf f 1 w to wok and' .1IVO Irktii with ctraAta iv.ithem, when one word would be more preeious than untold treasure."A kind word from strangers is treasured up as something precious, as God knowsit is to me. To keep you from such a condition, I write this, hoping you will take itin the spirit in which it is given. I writeit earnestly and sincerely, trusting thatGod may bless it to your use. If you areever tempted to drink, think of this adviceand the circumstances under which it isgiven, and may heaven help you to castthe cup from you. Don't parley, or youare lost. Say no. Stick to it. Once ortwice will be enough. Tempters will seethat you are firm and respect you the morefor it. Don't be alarmed at being called ateetotaller. You may be greeted with alaugh or jeer. No matter, you win respect,How often have I wished I could say no,and stick to it, when asked to drink, butmy 'guess not,' or 'think not,' was alwaystaken for yes, or, if I said no, it was knownthat I did not always stick to it. A companion who worked by my side was neverasked but once, for his 'no' meant no. Trythe power of an emphatic no, when askedto do wrong, is the advice of one who haslost all for the want of a little firmness atfirst. If I could only tell you all I havelost lost friends, character, home, all thatmakes life dear, through drink, by not saying ' no,' when asked to do wrong. I couldhave said it. God gave me understanding.I knew right from wrong, but I flatteredmyself I could go so far and then rein up ;now I am lost. God in his mercy grantthat this may keep some young man fromtreading the same path. 'Taste not, touchnot, handle not,' is the only safe course.Don't believe in moderate drinking, thereis too much danger in it. There is nodrunkard living but thought he could leaveoff when he wished. As I write this I seea fond mother's face, 1 hear her last wordsto me, low and sweet, as she bade her boyGod-speed, and said, 'Be a good boy, shunbad company, and don't drink.'"I see a kind, good father, trying to keepback the tears as he gave the same advice,telling me at the same time to 'be mindful'of God and He would not forsake me.'Alas ! all was forgotten, and the result is afelon's cell, and soon, perhajm, a shamefuldeath. Is it any wonder I should try andwarn others? Say you, 'that many drinkand do not what I have done?' All true;but none do as I did but what drink, notw .1 11 1one. iou say a man can taitea urinic andnot be a drunkard, for God's sake don'ttry it that is what ruined me. All sayat first, 'whiskey shall not be my masterI am too much of a man for that.' Godhelp them ; how soon they find out that hewho said, 'Wine is a mocker, strong drinkraging, and that he that is deceivedthereby is not wise,' knew more about itthan they. Let a man write all his lifetime and he can utter no greater truths ;it mocks all our hopes, blunts all the sensibilities and kind feelings that God hasgiven us, and sinks us lower than thebeastathat perish: whereas God made us in Hisown image. Is it not a mocker? It hasever done harm. The first recorded instance is that of Noah, the only man Godsaw fit to save with his family, when hedestroyed the world. How sadly was hemocked by it, cursing his own son. Therehas always been a curse with it ; the bibleis full of warnings against it. For God'ssake, heed them, and 'if sinners enticethee, consent thou not.' Would to God Icould put on this paper what I feel, J thinksome one would pause before taking thatwhich steals away the senses. But mythoughts wander not where I want them ;not to scenes of drunkenness and dissipation, but to home .home I . Would to GodI could banih it from my mind. To-nightJanuary, and that the next month wouldbe February, and then gave thein the other months in their order. Ali, overwhelmed at this eztraurdinsry erudition, replied:'There are men who know every day inthe week, every day and week in the month,every month in the year, and by the headof the Prophet, Ali, you are one of them !Ba! ba! ba! ba! how vast this knowledgeis ! What a fund of learning he possesses 'The following table is based upon theofficial returns from the income tax for1S68. The sum placed against each stateis so much a head of the whole population :Massachusetts, $4 12Maine, 39New Hampshire, 72Vermont, 47Rhode Island, 2 38Connecticut, 2 07New York, 3 07New Jersey, 3 07Pennsylvania, 1 10Deleware, 1 15Maryland, 1 75West Virginia, 30Kentucky, 68Missouri, 58Tennessee, 23Ohio, 92Indiana, 48Illinois, I 19Michigan, 96Wisconsin, 58Iowa, 41Minnesota, 58Kansas, 57California, 5 31Oregon, 3 00Nebraska, 98Nevada, 17 77It is seen that the trading centres andthe specificproducing states bear a tax verymuch greater than the agricultural sectionsof the country. The same is true with thestates. The residents at the centres oftrade pay the great proportion of the income tax. Yet there is no class of thecommunity better off or more independentthan the farmers.State Elections. Elections are totake place this fall as follows :Indiana,Iowa,Nebraska,Ohio,Pennsylvania,Wes A'irginia,Arkansas,Louisiana,Alabama,Florida,Illinois,Kansas,Maryland,Massachusetts,Michigan,Minnesota,Missouri,Nevada,New Jersey,New York,Wisconsin,South Carolina,Oct.Nov.121212121523112222o2222222222up.it extinct passions yet not so extinct butthat the underlying fires may burst forth.The head is large, and very fine ; the earlow, but too large; the brain power, fromback to front, enormous; the hair, thin andiron gray, is worn from the forehead, whichjustifies the novelist's adjective of "massive ;" the eyes are deep, and gleam fromunder strong, thick eyebrows, so deep thatsome one said out he must nave Deen" spoony " that looking into them waslike looking into a universe." The nose iscogitative ; the mouth stern, cruel and vindictive; the chin square; the jaw shutswith a vulpine expression, and exhibitsimmense power. The face is a remarkableface ; its possessor was once called " handsome Gladstone." It is, perhaps, as handsome now as ever ; but it never was attractive. Two historical faces are somehowrecalled by it when you look at it twofaces set against each other in their daythe oneis Strafford, who lost his headthrough Laud and Charles I. ; the other isOliver Cromwell, who was at the back ofpower which took all their heads away.But Gladstone has not the singular, handsome charm of Strafford : nor, althoughmore than the age, has he the warm tenderness and sweet affection which shinesout of the best portraits of rugged, warworn Oliver Cromwell ; but dress up Gladstone in a buff suit, a lace collar, and thesingularly handsome, but richly plaindress of a Puritan leader, and you wouldbe carried back to the seventeenth century,such is the type of a face.atA man by the name of Zeke Eads, inGreen county, is strangely deformed. Heis without ears and never had any. Hegathers sounds through the medium of bismouth, and can hear anything said in anordinary conversation. Equally strange,his hair is black, with white spots nearlyis large as the palm ol a man s hand interspersed through it. He is about fortyfive years of age, and the happy possessorof 13 living children.Asthma. The climate of California isttaid to be a sure remedy for this distressing complaint. A man from Upper Canada, affected with asthma from his birth.went to California in 1867. and as soon ashe entered the tropics the complaint lefthim. He writes to a friend in Quebec onthe 15th of last month "the asthma knowame not here, I can breaths like othermen." SJitrbroott GastUe,Tabarch Allah (may Allah be blessed!)Verily he and his kind are men. Whatare we 7 isehaim lasses.")Verily he and his kind are men whoknow evury one of the four gospels, andhow each one is derived, or founded, orcompiled, and what are we in comparisonwith this giant of human learning ! If Aliand his companions ever acquired the rudiments of a common school education,their awe of their employer would havesunk to the level of an humble appreciation. We are confident that men in general, and christians in particular, knowenough already to keep them from beingovercome with admiration for such exhibitions of scholarship as these vain i mag inations in regard to the gospel records.But, after all, the miracles are the chiefstones of stumbling for these biographers,who attempt to give a history of the kingand deny the existence of his crown andkingdom. Never did we realize the extentof the stumbling they might occasion untilour attention was turned to Dr. Bonavia's"Contributions to Christology." We arefamiliar with the fact that superstition willdegrade, but who will doubt the power ofskepticism to stultify, after reading the suggestions of the learned doctor quoted withadmiring approval by a leading quarterly ?According to this hypothesis, Christ was apowerful niagnetizer. It is then acknowledged that this theory will not account forall the miracles, but, after making liberalallowances, it is said that "the insolubleresiduums will be very small." This resultis shown by a classification of the miraclesin Matthew. One class of sixteen areclaimed as explainable by the magnetictheory, after making some allowance forexaggeration in the record. But four other classes, inclusive of twenty-two miracleshave to be subject to some other treatmentbefore they could show any signs of melting. Class two, consisting of five miracles,are openly, hopelessly, and utterly "abandoned as unexplainable by animal magnetism." Certainly we have no predisposition to find anything comical in the destructive efforts of modern skepticism. Butif any one fails to perceive the absoluteabsurdity of this hypothesis, in connectionwith the classification made in its support,he would see nothing ridiculous in the conundrum which requires us to throw awaythe "daigua" in order to make a beautifultown in western New York like the landof Canaan. From this classification ofthe miracles just take away the "daigua,"and all that is left will correspond exactlywith our magnetic hypothesis. That stubborn, "insoluble residuum" must take careof itself, if it refuses to submit to the lawsof animal magnetism. Believers need fearno spiritual leanness from hearing suchsuggestions of the adversary. It will be awonder if some do not grow physically fatwith the exercise that results from suchexhibitions of critical foolery.Christ by the Spirit wrote Hia own lifeneither the evangelists, nor any who followed in their footsteps, could have conceived and written such a life unaided bythe Spirit This life of Christ is a well ofsalvation. These lives, written by infidelsare mere bubbles, blown with hostile breathand, though brilliant with the rainbowhues of an earthly sun, nevertheless go outinto nothing, and leave no drop of health'ful moisture for a thirsting soul. NevaYorl Observer.When a new opinion or doctrine comesbefore you, do not bite till you know whether it is bread or stone; and don't be surethat the gingerbread is good because of thegilt on lbAs Eicht Yeaks' Pkstilexoe. TheFriend of India says : It is almost impossible to conceive anything more deplorablethan the state of the fever stricken villagesof Hooghlv and Burdwan. The magnitudeof the calamity and the utter helplessness ofthe people, while they excite our pity, almost lead us to despair. In the short spaceof eight years the fever has, it is calculated,swept away two-thirds of the inhabitantsof the deserted villages. In some placesthe mortality hits been far greater. Whenthe East Indian Railway was opened, Pan-dooah was a flourishing town, numbering6,971 souls. In 1862 the fever appeared,and since that time 5,222 persons havefallen victims to its attacks ; and the miserable remnant wander like spectres roundtheir malaria-stricken home, diseased inevery limb, and bearing on their pinchedand saddened faces the unmistakable marksof a lingering but early death.The state of the children, who havelifetime of work before them, is evenmore deplorable than that of the grown up." I do not think," writes the Sanitary Commissioner, after visiting these villages," that I exaggerate when I say that five-sixths of the children under eight years ofage have spleens four times as large as natural. Infants are to be seen like famishedobject, bearing the expression of pinchedand ghastly old age, their ribs starting outwards, and the usual tumid spleen bulgingforward with ominous convexity. Theymore resemble the monstrosities one seespreserved in pathological museums thananything else. An atmosphere of silent despair seems to hang over the worst villages ;and no wonder, for everything is rottingthe air, the ground, the vital organs of thepeople. Those who are not destroyed bymalaria are disabled; industry is cramped ;agricultural operations are impeded ; misfortune and misery make their appearance ;the people lose heart, and become the preyof bodily and mental distress such as wouldovercome the very strongest."Defective drainage and impure drinkingwater are the two chief sources of the disease.The following are Senator Sumner 8remarks, at the Worcester Convention, on the relations of Canada tothe United States :Sometimes there are whispers ofterritorial compensation, and Canadais named as the consideration. Buthe knows England little, and also little of that great English liberty fromMagna Charta to the Somerset case,who suppose that this nation couldundertake any such 'transfer. Oneach side there is impossibility. Iallude to this suggestion only becauseit has been made in the public pressand been answered from England.But the United States can never beindifferent to Canada, nor to the other British Provinces, near neighborsand kindred. It is well known historically that, even before the Declaration of Independence, our fathershoped that Canada would take partwith them. Washington was strongin this hope ; so was Franklin.The Continental Congress, by solemn resolution, invited Canada, audappointed a commission, with Benjamin Franklin at its head, to form aUnion between the Colonics and thepeople of Canada. In the careful instructions, which were signed in behalf of Congress by John Hancock,President, the Commissioners are,among other things, enjoined to remind the Canadians that ' it is ourearnest desire to adopt them into theUnion as a sister colony, and to secure the same general system of mildand equable law for them and ourselves, with only such local differences as may be agreeable to each colony respectively,' and further that inthe opinion of the Continental Congress, their interests and ours are inseparably united.' (Am. Archives,Vol. V. v. 412, ith Series.) Longago the Continental Congress passedaway. Long ago the great Commissioner rested from his labors. Butthe invitation survives not only in thearchives of our history, but in allAmerican hearts, constant and coutinuing as when first issued, believing, aswe do, that such a Union, in the fullness of time, with the good will of themother couutrv, and the accord ofboth parties, must be the harbingerof infinite good. Nor do I doubtthat this will be accomplished. Sucha union was clearly foreseen by thelate Mr. Richard Cobden, who, in aletter to myself, dated London 7thNovember, 1849, wrote: 'I agreewith you that nature has decided thatCanada and the United States mustbecome one for all purposes of intercommunication. Whether they alsoshall be united in the same FederaGovernment must depend upon thetwo parties to the union. I can a3sure you that there will be no repetition ot tne poucv ot 1 1 b on ourpart to prevent our North AmericanColonies from pursuing their interestsiu their own way. If the people ofCanada arc tolerably unanimous inwishing to sever the very slight threadwhich now binds them to this country,I sec no reason why, if good faith andordinary temper be observed, it sho'dnot be done amicably.' Nearly twenty years have passed since these prophetic words, and enough has alreadytaken place to give assurance cf therest. Reciprocity, which is so oftendesired on both sides, will be transfigured on both sides, will be transfigured in union, while our Plural Unitis strengthened and extended.The end is certain ; nor shall wewait long for its mighty fulfilment.lis beginning is the establishment ofpeace at home, through which the national unity shall become manifest.This is the first step. The rest willfollow. In the procession of eventsit is now at hand, and he is blind whodoes not discern it. From the frozensea to the tepid waters of the Mexican Gulf, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the whole vast continent smiling with outstretched prairies wherethe coal fields below Tie with the infinite corn fields above teeming withiron, copper, silver and gold fillingfast with a free people, to whom thetelegraph and steam are constant servants, breathing already with schools,colleges and libraries studded withinland seas where fleets are sailingthe whole interlaced by river3 whichare highways, and 'poured round allold ocean's flood,' all this will bethe Great Republic, one and indivisible, with a common constitution, acommon liberty, and a common glory."Eugenie's Voyage to the East.A Pari3 letter, in speaking of the decision of the Empress to take her proposed voyage to the East notwithstanding the critical condition of the Emperor's health, says :It seems an imprudent thing forHer Majesty to leave the Emperor inhis present condition, and you ' mayfeel assured that fche herself, has nodisposition to undertake it under thecircumstances. She does it only under the pressing entreaties, I may sayalmost the commands, of her husband.He alleges to her a3 his motive thatit is impossible to disappoint the Sultan after allowing him to go to somuch expense to prepare for her reception. But behind this motive thereis a stronger one. The truth is that,weak and suffering though he is, HisMajesty is just now most anxious toget rid of his consort for a time. Herdeparture will be the signal for thereturn of Prince Napoleon, who isnow traveling. The Emperor is notsatisfied that the Regency of his wife13 the best calculated to protect theinterests of his son. It i3 believedthat he was not entirely unpreparedfor the speech delivered by PrinceNapoleon in the discussion on the Senatus Consultum, as some of the official journals pretended. Certain itis that he had an interview with thePrince immediately after, and thatnothing transpired in connection withit to lead to the inference that he wasseriously displeased with it. Thereare many even who feel convincedthat the speech was more or less inspired by His Majesty. The Emperor has no doubt satisfied himself thatthe only chance his son lias of reigning is to place him under the tutelageof his cousin. The reactionary tendencies of his consort and her affiliations with the clergy would prove fatal to her chances of assuming thereins of government without resistance. Hence his anxiety to get heraway and keep her abroad until theconvocation of the' Corps Legisiatifand the selection of a new Ministrydetermine the course of events."fiREEN'S medical and KEWS DEPOT IGREEK'S MEDICAL AND NEWS DEPOT !GREEN'S MEDICAL AND NEttS DEPOT IPERFUMERY,PKRFUMERY,PERFUMERY,DYES,DYES,DYES.YANKEE NOTIONS, PAT EXT MEDICIXi?..YANKEE NOTIONS, PATERT MEWc1kSCHOOL BOOKS,SCHOOL HOOKS,Wholesale and Retail.DYE STUFFS,D'E STUFFS,Warranted Genuine.HAIR.NEEDLE,CLOTH,TEETH,ANDINFANT BruthesIn great varictv.Trasses,Supporterg,Shoulder Braces,Pocket Knives,Razors,Shears,Rubber Syringes,Glass Syringes,TOYS !toy,::TOYS!!!Envelopes,Legal Cup,Fools Cap,and Note Taper,Steel Pens,Writing Books,The Erie Slaughters. Griffin,the engineer whose carelessness caused the massacre at Mast Hope, is letoff scot free except that Judge Barrett, before whom the case was tried,told the jury that their verdict was"against law, and justice, and an outrage against humanity." "You violated the obligation of your oath," hesaid "a plain, simple obligation to jrender a verdict against every parti-!cle of evidence. I am astonished thatyou should in thi3 way set aside thelaw aud violate your oath ; and I trustthat the spirits of the dead, dying,bleeding, and burnt victims of MastHope will rebuke you as long as youlive." Newspapers everywhere stigmatize the verdict as cowardly. Itis stated further that John Bowen,the man who confessed having displaced a rail, therebv causing the ter- The Depot will always be found open, andrible railroad disaster at Carr's Rock, ; tbose wishing to buy, win get an equivalent forby which twenty-seven lives were lost,was on Saturday sentenced at Milford, jra., to ntteen years imprisonment,and to pay a fine of $10,000.Pure Wines and Liquors, for Medicinal use.Call and see me, and price the Goods. Goodscan be bought at aBARGAIN,at Green's Medical and News Depot.WEEKLY PAPERS & MAGAZINES,furnished at Publisher's Prices.Boston Live Stock Market.their money.PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDEDBRIGHTON. CAMBRIDGE AND MEDFORDFor the Week endin; WeduestSaY, oet 5,Amount of Stock at Market.Cattle. Sheep. Shotes. Fat Hogs. VlSt.9. ':as.Accident. A painful accident occurredon Thursday afternoon, 30th ult., in Mr.Faton's factory to Miss Harriet Thornton,who was employed there, bhe was wipingthe card prepartory to closing for the nightwhen her right arm was caught in the machinery and drawn in and badly mutilated,cutting out piece? of flesh and tearing outsome of the cords. Her heart-rendingscreams pierced tc every part of the building and although help was at hand it wassome minutes before her arm could be extricated. Her left hand was also cut, butno bones being broken hopes of a speedyrecoverv are entertained. Sherbrooie Ga-ttle.The Maine senate stands : 28 republicansnnd 3 democrats, a democratic gam of one.The house stands: 113 republicans to 34democrats, with four districts to hear from.Last year the house stood: republicans,121, democrats, 30. The real republicanmajority this year, adding Chamberlainand Hichborn's vote is 17,0o6.Hie Vermont Lmon says: while atWells River the other day. Tannan Stevens, Esq., of Newbury, gave us a first-class"local." Still man jenne was at work forhim one d:iv last week on the east nVintment of the Haverhill bridge, and 20 feetbelow the surface of the ground, dug out agold watch. The cold cases were well preserved but the hinges were rusty, so thatit was opened with difficulty. It was 35years ago that the place where the watchwas found had been filled in. Stevens atthat time had charge of the filling, butheard nothing about a watch being lost. Amysterious circumstance in the case isthat some three or four feet above thewatch was found a part of a shirt sleevemade of fine cloth, r This leads some tosmell foul plity. When the mystery iscleared up we hope Mr. Stevens will letus near irom mm.By no means put yourself in anotherperson's power; if you put your thumb between two erinders, tbev are very apt toDIM).This week, 4S7 2579 4400Last week, 2923 99,56 400 4000 401 year ago, 3784 15,933 100 5250 50PRICES.Bietes Extra $12,75 a 13,00 "1 Per 100 lbs. onFirst qual 12,00 a 12,50 1 the tot'l weichtSecond do 11,00 a 11,75 ( of liide.taliuw,Third do 8.00a 10,75 J dressed beef.A few single pairs, ?6,00 a 7,75.Poorest cows, bul.'s, &c, 00.00 a 00,00.WORKING OXEN.Noniinals, 100 a 225Steers and slim oxen, 80 a 100MILCH COWS.Slim to fair, 40 a 70Extra, 75 a 120He'fers and larrow cows, 30 a 50with great care. ETRemember the place,GREEN'S MEDICAL AND NEWS DEPOTMain Stbeet, - - - Newport, VuJ. Y. GREEN, Pro'r.August 28, 1869. 35trFALL GOODS, 1869,O. H. AUSTIN'S15 A II T O X L A X I) 1 N GSHEEP.Fair, per lb. 3 a 6Extra, ' 0 a 0By the head 2,00 a 4,50HIDES.Bnchton, per lb. 10 aCountry lots. ' 8 1-2 a 9CALF SKINS.Lest, per lb. 20 a 25TALLOW.Brighton, per lb. 8 a 9Country, " 7 a 7 1-2PELTS.Sheared, 50 a 62Country, erecn, 0,00 a 0,00Dry, 0,60 a 0,75j SHOTES.Wholesale, per lb. 10 a 11Retail. " 10 a 12A Rascal. A fellow registeringhis name as II. C. Montague, came tothe Passumpsic house previous to theCarton fair, and procuring a team ofA. X. Bryant, went up to that fairwhere he peddled some kiud of a painkiller, or other nostrum. Returningto this place, he told Mr. Bryant thathe was obliged to make a large remittance to the "home concern," andcould not pay him for his team untilafter our iair. After boarding at thehotel and using Mr. Bryant's tarnduring our fair, he proposed to ge toLyndon and collect some bills duehim there. From Lyndon he telegraphed Mr. Bryant that businesscalled him to Glover. Bryant smelta large mice, and went to Glover, also, lie there learned that Montaguehad gone to Hardwick. Takingalong a deputy sheriff from Sheffield,Bryant followed joq to Hardwick, andthen to Montpelicr, where he foundhis team at the Pavilion stables, butMontague had ''vamosed the ranche."Returning home on Monday, Mr. Bryant found the streams very muchswollen. At the second bridge belowJohn Clark's on the Marshfield road,the horse Bryant was driving got into the flood in crossing where thebridge ought to have been, and together with wagon and driver, were sweptdown the stream. By cutting theharness, the wagon was permitted tofloat away, and man and horse swumout. After considerable more troubleBryant reached home with his teambut about $40 out of pocket. ThePassumpsic House is also out $14,the board bill of Montague and lady.Caledonian.There is a horrible story, too horrible almost to be told, even of Spaniards, that when the Cuban rebelscame near capturing Las Tunas theSpanish garison set fire to the quartrel or prison, containing 130 prisoners of war. The quartrel was a wooden building, situated apart from thecity, but surrounded by wooden slavepens, and the Spanish arc said to havebolted its heavy doors and burned itto the ground with 130 human vicSt. Thomas has had three several shockscf earthquake. On the other eide, Vesuvius is pouring out molten lav by the river.COMMISSIONERS' NOTICE.EPHRAIM PADDOCICS ESTATE.The subscrilers, liavinir been appointed bythe Honorable Probate Court tor the Districtof Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, examineand adjust all claims and demands ot all persons,against the estate of EPHRAIM PADDOCK,late ot Craftsbnry, in said district, deceased,represented insolvent, and the term of six monthsfrom the 28th day of September, a. d. 1869, beingallowed by said Court tothe creditors of saiddeceased, to exhibit and prove their respectiveclaims before us:Give notice, that we will attend to the dutiesof our appointment at the dwelling house ofAdna R. Pike, in Craftsbury, in said district,on the 3d day of November and the first Wednesday of April next, at one o'clock m the afternoon, on each of said duvs.ALVAH R. FRENCH, irnmmr,.JOSEPH SCOTT, ommrsCraftsbury, Vt. Oct. 7. a. d., 18G9. 41w3A good assortment ofGENERAL MERCHANDISE,Ayer'sHair Vigor,For restoring Gray Hair toits natural Vitality and Color.A dressing whichis at once agreeable,healthy, and effectualfor preserving thehair. Faded or grayhair ts soon restoredto its original color'tetth the gloss ' andfreshness of youth.Thin hair is thickened, falling hair cheeked, and baldness often, though not always, curedby its use. Nothing can restore thehair where the follicles are destroyed,or the glands atrophied and decayed.But such as remain can be saved forusefulness by this application. Insteadof fouling the hair with a pasty sediment, it will keep it clean aDd vigorous.Its occasional use will prevent the hairfrom turning gray or falling off, andconsequently prevent baldness. Freefrom those deleterious substances whichmake some preparations dangerous andinjurious to the hair, the Vigor canonly benefit but not harm it. If wantedmerely for a; HAIR DRESSING,aothing else can be found so desirable.Containing neither oil nor dye, it doesnot soil whito cambric, and yet lastslong ou the hair, giving it a rich glossylustre and a grateful perfume.Prepared oy Dr, J. C. Ayer & Co.,Practicai. and Analytical Chemists,WWELb, MASS.". KtlCE $1.00. ,For sale by WM. JOSLtN & SONS, BartonA new and extra line ofREADY MADE CLOTHING.CASSI MERES,SHIRTING FLANNELS,BIBBASD'S WARRANTED BOOTS.AT GOOD BARGAINSFORR E A D Y PAY.Barton Landing, Sept. 28, 1SG9." JTWORKS LIKE A CHARM."Have you Headache ? Use Renne" Mapie Oil !Have yon Toothache ? Use Renne'i Mapic Oil !Have you Neuralgia ? Use Kenne's Magic Oil"Have you Rheumatism ? UscKenne'iMabicOil!Have you Sore Throat ? Use Renne's Magic Oil !Have you Sciatica ? Use Renne's Mapic Oil'Have you a Bruise ? Use Renne's Mapic Oil 1Have yon Cramps ? Use Renne's Magic Oil !Have you Cholera Morbus ?Use Renne's Magic Oil !Have you Lameness ? 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WEBSTER Photographer, Barton VtAlso AgentforVcrmontMutnalFire Insurance Company.I ? H. LITTLE Proprietors theBarton Ho-? 'Bartn, Vt. This House Is within fiverods of the depot, The Stages all stop at thisHouse. Also a good yvcrr i conaeciiop withfV. - 1 - ; U